a south korea automakers were morning the gainers with kia jumping 6%, but technology majors bell majors tumbled. and weak bank shares weighed on the asx 200. this is its biggest weekly fall since late may. kelly, back to you. >> thanks very much for that. joining me treasurer of the corporate banking position. welcome. >> thank you. >> so what do you make of the market action? it really hasn't been friendly lately. >> no, there's a lot of uncertainty again as usual. markets never like that. i know it's a clichÉ, but very accurate. we have an escalation on top of the existing uncertainties. and then the japanese announcement. friday afternoons in the '90s we just sat on our hands. so we think some of that on top of the uncertainties and strikes and riots, it's not a time where you would think i'll be optimistic for the next one to three years. >> or even going into a weekend. >> absolutely, yes. >> coming up, we'll take a look at what's happening with the nikkei flying high on further easing. we'll be live in tokyo with the latest at 10:30 cet. and we'll have analysis in washington wher